The Seven Mountains

Below is a chart representing the chronological order of what was seen by three individuals; King Nebuchadnezzar, then the Prophet Daniel, & then by the Apostle John.

1st in Daniel 2 by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon - The Gold, The Silver, The Bronze, The Iron, & The Iron - Clay Kingdom - for a total of eight kingdoms as three of these kingdoms were before Babylon.

Then the four kingdoms seen by the prophet in Daniel 7 as he lived in both the Babylonian and Persian era; the kingdoms belong to a time after this as the scripture says in chapter 7:17 "Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise (future tense) out of the earth..."   The verse is talking about the four kingdoms that exist in the future; after Daniel's time and the time of the kingdoms he lived in. 

The point is if you don't look at all three prophetic events (King Nebuchadnezzar's, Daniel's and the Apostle John's); you end up counting Persia separate... you then are left with five kings after Daniel (Persia, Greece, Rome, Euro-American, and the terrible beast)... not four.  OR you can do what most do; which is simply to ignore the time we are presently living in.

Another clear justification for placing Babylon - Media - Persia under the heading of one kingdom can be seen in the fact that Daniel lived during the reign of all: first under Nebuchadnezzar (Dan.1:1) and Belshazzar (Dan 5:1) of Babylon; then under Darius of the Medes (Dan 9:1), and finally under Cyrus king of Persia (Dan 10:1).

Another reason for these kingdoms (Chaldean - malkû - dominion) being counted as one is that the historical accounts say that Babylon & Media became part of the Persian empire.  The text in Daniel 2:39 states that the prophet spoke to king Nebuchadnezzar saying "after you shall arise another kingdom (dominion) inferior to yours..."   While the kingdom or dominion of Greece can be seen on a number of levels  as being  inferior to Persia; certainly calling Persia inferior to Babylon would clearly be incorrect.  The kingdom or dominion of Babylon - Media - Persia is essentially the same dominion while Greece is obviously a different and inferior dominion. 

The dominion of Greece then led to the Empire of Rome which in part ruled "over all the earth."  The "belly and thighs" of Rome clearly speak of an empire of great prosperity that eventually divided between the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic religious empires.

As we move forward in this chart one other characteristic is clearly unique as all other scenarios that recount the subsequent dominions always ignore the Euro- American Era, and concentrate only on a 'revived Roman Empire' as they fixate on Catholicism as the heart of an antichrist system. 

I don't mean to offend others, but again this is all fresh revelation based on the unsealing of these scriptures as we move towards fulfillment, and in this we simply cannot ignore the last 300 plus years of history.

Then in Revelation 17 the Apostle John is shown that the seven mountains; the seven pinnacles or high points in the history of civilization are those seven kingdoms.  His is currently in the Roman Empire's era (ONE IS); as the chart matches the word... five have fallen... and the other (Euro-American) is yet to come.

Do you see?  There is clearly an era between the Roman Empire that John was in, and the eighth "terrible beast."

Then after the Euro-American era (which is now declining) we will see as scripture says "The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition."
 

"... Of the seven - not only a revival of the Roman Empire but something more vast and sinister that includes not only the old Roman empire but also the characteristics of all seven 'mountains.'

Why go through this exercise... to prove others wrong?  absolutely not... time is too short for such foolishness.  The reason should be clear as you look at the chart... In all the church history classes we NEVER talk about the evil that ancient Babel was and the influence that it has within EVERY false religion including what was carried back to Israel by the Jews and even as a result of this has crept in unawares into the church today.

A statement that will bear repeating later...  “Mystery Babylon, the Mother of harlots, and of all the abominations of the whole earth:” – There is much of ancient Babylonian practice (that originally came from the perversion of ancient Shinar or Babel) that bled into Judaism as a result of the Jewish captivity in that land. These practices bled into the Catholic Church; which in turn bled into, and are present in many religious organizations in existence today.

*To understand more concerning the judgment of "Mystery Babylon" see Nahum 3; as Nineveh a city that was founded by Nimrod faced the wrath of Almighty God.